Lighting fixture



May 12, 1925. 1,537,831-

I E. A. KOENIG LIGHTING FIXTURE Filed May 20, 1924 Eve-mien [WALD /4 Kai/W6 Patented May 12, 1 925 EWALD A. KOENIG, OF SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA.

LIGHTING FIXTURE.

Application filed May 20, 1924. Serial No. 714,716.

To all whom it may concern.

Be it known that I, EWALD A. KoENIo, a citizen of'Germany, residing at San Francisco, in the county of San Francisco and State of California, have invented new and useful Improvements in Lighting Fixtures, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in combined lighting fixtures and sockets.

The principal object of this invention is to provide a lighting fixture which will have a concealed socket mounted therein, in such a manner that the fixture will present the customary appearance without revealing the presence of the socket.

Another object is to provide a device of this character which is extremely simple in construction, cheap to manufacture and neat in appearance.

Other objects and advantages will be apparent during the course of the following description.

"In the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification and in which like numerals are employed to designate like parts throughout the same,

Figure 1 is a front elevation of alamp fixture showing the socket with its concealing cover open, and

Figure 2 is a side elevation of a plug commonly employed with sockets of this char acter.

In providing an additional outlet or socket in an electric fixture, it is now common to employ an exposed socket which renders the fixture unsightly as the same may be used only at rare intervals. I have, theretore. sought to provide a socket which is concealed in a portion of the fixture, in such a manner that the same will not be unsightly.

In the accompanying drawings wherein for the purpose of illustration is shown a preferred embodiment of my invention, the numeral 5 designates a wall base more commonly termed a canopy which is slidably secured to the customary outlet box bracket (not shown).

Mounted upon this base 5 is a rosette designated as a whole by the numeral 6, which rosette has a plurality of radially arranged portions 7. Extending out of the center of this rosette is a pipe terminating in a ball 8' upon which is mounted a base 9 adapted to support an imitation candle 11, within which a bulb 12 is positioned. It is, of

course, understood that the customary electric wires extend through the pipe from the to the receptacle within wall socket, thence the candle 11.

At 13 I have shown a hinged cover hinged as at 14 and having a spring 16 arranged upon the hinge pintle soas to normally keep this cover in a closed position similar to the radially arranged portions 7 A pocketl'l' is provided beneath the cover 13 within which a receptacle 18 is mounted so as to receive a plug 19 of an extension cord 21 when the cover 13 is moved to the position shown in Figure 1. As soon as the plug 19 is removed the spring 14 will function to close the cover thus causing the fixture to present a uniform appearance and entirely concealing the socket 18.

It is to be understood that .the form of my invention herewith shown and described is to be taken as a preferred example of the same, and that various changes in the shape, size and arrangement of parts may be resorted to without departing from the spirit of the invention or the scope of the subjoined claim.

Having thus described my invention, 1 claim:

In a device of the character described, a

base, a rosette mounted on said base, a

pocket formed beneath said rosette and ex tendin into said base, a rece tacle mounted in said pocket, said rosette comprising a plurality of radially positioned portions, one

of said portions being hinged so as to form a cover for said pocket.

In testimony whereof I affix my slgnature.

EWALD A. KOENIG. 

